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GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute
Fellowship Program 2007-2008
The GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute's Fellowship is a two-year fellowship program designed for Indian Medical College Faculty who have the potential to play a key role in improving medical education at their home Institution:
Selected participants will travel to Mumbai (Bombay), India for the two sessions. Limited funding is available to support Fellows' travel, local expenses and course fee. The cost of carrying out the project, however, is not included.
Sixteen fellowships are on offer this year. While the application is open to anyone, preference will be given to faculty working in India. For details of the application process, please see the links below.
The First Year:
On Site : The first session consists of five days of intensive course at GSMC FAIMER Regional Institute and KEM Hospital, Mumbai (Bombay), India during June 2007.
Off-Site: This is the second session or the Intersession between the two on-site visits during which the Fellow implements the curriculum innovation project at the Fellow's home institution. The intersession activity also involves over-the internet co-mentoring of Fellows to help with their projects and also learn & discuss issues relating to Medical Education by active engagement in Internet discussion groups .
The Second Year:
On-Site: This is the third session during which the Fellows return to GSMC for 4-5 days to undergo training in advanced Educational Techniques including Educational Research, Change Management etc for sustaining & expanding their curricular change initiatives in their home Institution. They also present their Curriculum Project findings and prepare for Mentoring role to help the incoming first year Fellows .
Off-Site: This is the fourth session which is done in the fellow's home institution. Co-mentoring of the first year fellow is done over the Internet. Networking with Educational Leaders from all over the world is also done so that global exchange of experiences takes place which facilitates and expedites curricular changes directed towards better learning by the students in their home institution.
Dates to Remember:
Applications start: February 2007
Last date for applications: March 15,2007
First On-site session at GSMC starts: June 12, 2007
For more details contact:
Dr Avinash N.Supe,Director,
GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute,
Department of Medical Education,
Room no-25, Next to Medical Seminar hall, Second floor,
Old Building-KEM Hospital, Acharya Donde Marg,
Parel, Mumbai- 400012,India
Tel: +91 (022) 2413 60 54-59 Extn:2624
Direct No.: +91 (022) 2411 69 35
Mobile: 9322024251
email: avisupe@gmail.com
email: patoledipti@yahoo.co.in